Lecturer at the Department of International Tourism, Faculty of International Studies, Bunkyo University

His speciality is sociology of tourism. Based on research on religion and tourism, creation of traditions and nationalism/globalisation, etc., he studies the symbiosis between tourism and local communities and the conversion of local culture and cultural heritage into tourism resources through tourism pollution and over tourism issues, mainly in Kyoto.

After working as a part-time lecturer at Ryukoku University, he took up a position as a full-time Lecturer at the Department of International Tourism, Faculty of International Studies, Bunkyo University since April 2023.